dc.contributor.author | Hashim, A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-29T09:30:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-29T09:30:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hashim, A. 2005. Searching for Religious Authority (marji’iya): Muslims and Religious Leadership in Kenya. Annual Review of Islam in South Africa (ARISA) . 8:76-80. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/hashim/publications/searching-religious-authority-marji%E2%80%99iya-muslims-and-religious-leadership-kenya | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/51952 | |
dc.description.abstract | The responsibility of delivering fatwa in Kenya used to be solely upon the Chief Kadhi who
assumed the role of
Sheikh al
-
Islam
or
mufti
.
This was the case during the British rule and
later the Busaidi sultanate in the coastal strip of Kenya.
Th
e famous issue of moon sighting
for the starting and ending of the month of Ramadhan was centralised in the Chief Kadhi’s
office.
However, after independence, the delivering of fatwa was decentralised in various
fraternities which led to much a controvers
y on the issue of moon sighting.
This article seeks
to trace the background of the institution of religious authority (
marji’iya
) in Kenya and its
development in the post
-
independent era | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Searching for Religious Authority (marji’iya): Muslims and Religious Leadership in Kenya | en |
dc.type | Article | en |